reeducate
verb
re·ed·u·cate
(ˌ)rē-ˈe-jə-ˌkāt 
reeducated; reeducating; reeducates
: to train again
especially
: to rehabilitate through education
Examples of reeducate in a Sentence
The program reeducates people about how to eat in a more healthful way.
We need to reeducate the workers who lost their jobs when the factory closed.
Recent Examples on the Web
Researchers with the Yale Humanitarian Lab have identified a systematic campaign by Russia to abduct and reeducate Ukrainian children as Russian citizens and future soldiers.
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Laura Kelly, The Hill, 21 May 2025
Canada and Alaska took Indigenous children, including some from Cambridge Bay, away to be reeducated in abusive residential schools, where thousands died.
—Alec Luhn, Scientific American, 20 May 2025
The state wants Exxon to pay billions of dollars and to reeducate the public that the vast majority of plastic isn’t recyclable and is just trash.
—Brittney Melton, NPR, 24 Sep. 2024
Like Astrid and Lydia before her, Gen Z is being reeducated via horror-movie camp humor.
—Armond White, National Review, 11 Sep. 2024
What will not be disputed, however, is the way in which the U.S. military learned from its initial blunders, adapted, retrained and reeducated its soldiers, transitioned seamlessly from counterinsurgency to stability operations, and strengthened the capacity of Iraqi forces.
—Emma Sky, Foreign Affairs, 1 Mar. 2011
The label was removed after California Hospital Medical Center turned in a plan that included reeducating staff in its labor and delivery department on detecting and treating hemorrhages, according to the state report on its findings.
—Emily Alpert Reyes, Los Angeles Times, 13 July 2023
That label was dropped after the hospital submitted a plan to fix the problems, including reeducating nurses on measures to prevent blood clots.
—Emily Alpert Reyes, Los Angeles Times, 15 June 2023
In the midst of a hedonistic era, Deyhle had a vision of holistically treating illnesses and also reeducating people about food.
—Janine Di Giovanni, Town & Country, 28 Apr. 2023
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Laura Kelly, The Hill, 21 May 2025
Canada and Alaska took Indigenous children, including some from Cambridge Bay, away to be reeducated in abusive residential schools, where thousands died.
—Alec Luhn, Scientific American, 20 May 2025
The state wants Exxon to pay billions of dollars and to reeducate the public that the vast majority of plastic isn’t recyclable and is just trash.
—Brittney Melton, NPR, 24 Sep. 2024
Like Astrid and Lydia before her, Gen Z is being reeducated via horror-movie camp humor.
—Armond White, National Review, 11 Sep. 2024
What will not be disputed, however, is the way in which the U.S. military learned from its initial blunders, adapted, retrained and reeducated its soldiers, transitioned seamlessly from counterinsurgency to stability operations, and strengthened the capacity of Iraqi forces.
—Emma Sky, Foreign Affairs, 1 Mar. 2011
The label was removed after California Hospital Medical Center turned in a plan that included reeducating staff in its labor and delivery department on detecting and treating hemorrhages, according to the state report on its findings.
—Emily Alpert Reyes, Los Angeles Times, 13 July 2023
That label was dropped after the hospital submitted a plan to fix the problems, including reeducating nurses on measures to prevent blood clots.
—Emily Alpert Reyes, Los Angeles Times, 15 June 2023
In the midst of a hedonistic era, Deyhle had a vision of holistically treating illnesses and also reeducating people about food.
—Janine Di Giovanni, Town & Country, 28 Apr. 2023
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“Reeducate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/reeducate. Accessed 14 Jul. 2025.
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reeducate
verb
re·ed·u·cate
(ˈ)rē-ˈej-ə-ˌkāt
: to train again
especially
: to cause to develop new attitudes or habits through education
Medical Definition
reeducate
transitive verb
re·ed·u·cate
(ˈ)rē-ˈej-ə-ˌkāt
reeducated; reeducating
: to subject to reeducation
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